1. EGSS statistics in an integrated framework for MEA
Gerald Weber
European Commission, Eurostat
Measuring Progress on the "Greening" of the Economy: Policies and Practices, Geneva, May 2014
Technical workshop jointly organised by UNEP, Eurostat, EEA and ILO

2. Why monetary env. accounts (MEA)?
Europe 2020 strategy: resource-efficient, low-carbon economy
European Semester: spring review of progress including assessment of macroeconomic situation
7th Environmental Action Programme
To analyse:
Links between env. (policies), growth and employment

3. MEA modules Environmentally related taxes by economic activities
(legally binding)
Env. Protection Expenditure Accounts (EPEA)
Env. Goods and Services Sector (EGSS) statistics
(soon become legally binding)
Resource Management Expenditure Accounts (ReMEA)
Environmental transfers
(draft guidelines)

4. Availability of data for EGSS
Voluntary reporting of EGSS data to Eurostat:
In 2013 data from 14 countries received.
Half of the reporting countries provided data for all 4 variables: output, GVA, employment and exports.
Only a few reported on RM domains.
On the way to obligatory reporting?

5. European Parliament legislative resolution of 2 April 2014 on amending Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 on European env. economic accounts
Definitions?
EGSS = the production activities that generate environmental products.
Env. products = products produced for the purpose of EP and RM

6. European Parliament legislative resolution of 2 April 2014 on amending Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 on European env. economic accounts
What?
Annual EGSS statistics compatible with data reported under ESA:
market output, of which exports
value added of market activities
employment of market activities
cross-classified by economic activities (NACE Rev. 2) and EP (CEPA) / RM (CReMA) activities.

7. European Parliament legislative resolution of 2 April 2014 on amending Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 on European env. economic accounts
When?
transmitted within 24 months of the end of the reference year (2015?).
How?
EGSS accounts should make use of the already existing information from the national accounts, structural business statistics, business register and other sources.

8. What does Eurostat do to develop EGSS statistics?
Co-financing pilot projects in countries:
European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP):
Vienna, : training on EGSS data compilation

9. What does Eurostat do to develop EGSS statistics?
Guidance, examples:
2009: EGSS Handbook: description/analysis of concepts related to the EGSS, definitions and classifications
2012: System of environmental-economic accounting – central framework (with FAO, IMF, OECD, UN, WB)
2014: Practical guide towards compiling EGSS statistics
2015: Integrated framework for MEA; revision of EGSS handbook

10. EGSS practical guide – why a data integration approach?
Comprehensive EGSS surveys first choice?
Yes, if feasible. But: Resource constraints? Costs? Burden?
Using and combining already existing statistical data (supply and demand side) and other information?
Yes, to reduce costs and burden and to be in line with legal base. But: Coverage? Data map

11. Practical guide – data map
Indicates available sources by environmental activity and pragmatic categories for data compilation.
Sufficient coverage while avoiding double-counting.
Test calculations mainly using data already available in Eurostat's on-line database Eurobase and meeting most of the future reporting requirements.
National compilers to flexibly adapt the data map to accommodate country specific and more detailed data available to them.

12. EU28 EGSS estimates for 2000-2011 Published end 2013 output
gross value added
employment
for EP and RM activities.
Data compiled based on the methods in the practical guide.

13. 1st time series on EU28 EGSS employment

14. EU28 EGSS estimates for 2000-2011 comparisons with
data transmitted by countries
results of studies at EU level
benchmarking with EGSS data transmitted by countries
compilation of long time series

15. Outstanding issues Coherence of concepts from different account areas?
Env. technologies (EGSS) and capital formation (NA, SBS)?
Capital formation for EP or RM (EPEA and ReMEA) and production of different environmental products (EGSS)?
Scope and definition of RM?
Management of cultivated resources (forests)?
All renewable energy production (incl. hydropower, biofuels)?
Need for a more detailed classification (e.g. recycling and renewable energy activities further broken down by type of natural resource)?
(Relationship between EGSS and "green economy"?)

16. Integrated framework
An integrated system (NA concepts, SEEA framework) with different env. accounts modules
Modules are linked and complement each other; can often use same data sources
More-efficient data production 16

17. Ways forward Countries' pilot projects
Document on integrated framework
Revised EGSS handbook
Indicative compendium of environmental goods and services 17

18. Further info on EGSS statistics in Eurostat
Statistics Explained